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Preferred Citation

Pittsylvania County (Va.) Unidentified Arithmetic Book, undated. Local government records collection, Pittsylvania County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Pittsylvania County.

Historical Information

Pittsylvania County was formed in 1766 from Halifax County.

Scope and Content

Pittsylvania County (Va.) Unidentified Arithmetic Book, undated, containing mathematics exercises, multiplication, division and subtraction, as well as weights and measures of all kinds relating to agriculture and business.

The final two pages of the volume are two lists of slave births. One list is titled "ages of negro children" and the other "Nancy Davis's children." Both lists give names and birthdates for each person and cover the years 1792-1826.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Pittsylvania County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• African Americans -- Virginia -- Pittsylvania County.
• Agricultural mathematics -- Virginia -- Pittsylvania County.
• Arithmetic.
• Business mathematics -- Virginia -- Pittsylvania County.
• Mathematics -- Problems, exercises, etc.
• Slaves -- Virginia -- Pittsylvania County.

Geographical Names:

• Pittsylvania County (Va.) -- History.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Birth registers -- Virginia -- Pittsylvania County.
• Copybooks -- Virginia -- Pittsylvania County.
• Local government records -- Virginia -- Pittsylvania County.
• Textbooks -- Virginia -- Pittsylvania County.